California is developing "Green Chemistry"
regulations that could affect all businesses-including non-California
companies-that make consumer products sold in the state as well as companies
that manufacture chemicals used in those consumer products. In September 2008,
Governor Schwarzenegger...

The State of California has posted the Effective Date of its Safer Consumer Product Regulation as October 1, 2013, and has also posted the final version of the regulation. Currently, it is requesting comments on new provisions of the regulation. The new sections eligible for comment are limited to Section...

The Vermont Senate has approved a bill, S. 239 , [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], that would allow the state to require extensive, expensive chemical reporting and impose high fees on nearly everyone doing business in the state. All consumer products – not just children’s...